# Incident 20210917014479I: Dehavilland DHC-3, Ambler, AK, September 17, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2021, 14:15 local time
- Place: Ambler, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: G6UA
- Location: 67.0808° N, 157.9065° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ambler, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=67.0808&lon=-157.9065&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75GE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N75GE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-3 (registry code 2800202, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 13,250 total, 300 in this make and model, 350 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210917014479I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT STATED THAT HE PERSONALLY HAD FLOWN IN AND OUT OF GRAVEL STRIP ALONG RIVER MULTIPLE TIMES.  PILOT STATED THAT WHEN HE WAS LANDING ON 1000 FOOT STRIP IT WAS A NORMAL APPROACH AND NORMAL TOUCH DOWN.  ON ROLL OUT DURING LANDING PILOT STATED THE TAIL CONTINUED TO FLY AND HE WAS RUNNING OUT OF STRIP.  HE ALSO STATED THAT A MORE TAIL LOW APPROACH WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER BASED ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE.  PILOT SAID HE APPLIED TO MUCH BRAKE AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CAME OVER AND MADE CONTACT WITH GROUND.

LOOKING BACK AT THE INCIDENT PILOT STATED AFTER DISCUSSION WITH HIS MENTOR, PILOT SHOULD HAVE PLACED ENGINE IN REVERSE TO GET THE TAIL TO COME DOWN AND LAND WITHOUT INCIDENT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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